Best Albums of the 2010s

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Listed below are the best albums of the 2010s as calculated from their overall rankings in over 42,000 greatest album charts.

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2010s decade summary

Year	Albums The number of albums from each year featuring in the greatest album charts.	Score Total rank score for each year (made up of the total rank score from all albums in that year)	Top Ranked Album The top ranked album from each year and where it ranks in the overall chart.
2010	4,438	276,057	My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy (34th)by Kanye West
2011	4,583	225,946	Bon Iver (164th)by Bon Iver
2012	4,878	250,450	Good Kid, M.A.A.D City (41st)by Kendrick Lamar
2013	5,480	231,717	Modern Vampires Of The City (118th)by Vampire Weekend
2014	5,784	184,359	Lost In The Dream (166th)by The War On Drugs
2015	5,699	229,058	To Pimp A Butterfly (25th)by Kendrick Lamar
2016	5,495	192,782	A Moon Shaped Pool (79th)by Radiohead
2017	5,548	157,108	Damn. (299th)by Kendrick Lamar
2018	5,306	123,337	Twin Fantasy (Face To Face) (408th)by Car Seat Headrest
2019	4,934	86,143	Igor (444th)by Tyler, The Creator
Total	52,145	1,956,957

The best artists of the 2010s were Kendrick Lamar, Kanye West, Arcade Fire, Tame Impala, Beach House, Frank Ocean, Sufjan Stevens, Radiohead, The National and Vampire Weekend.

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34.

Damn.

Kendrick Lamar

Year of Release:

2017

Appears in:

659 charts

Rank Score:

6,640

Rank in 2017:

Rank in 2010s:

Overall Rank:

299

Average Rating:

80 (1,047 votes)

Comments:

137

41.

Melodrama

Lorde

Year of Release:

2017

Appears in:

486 charts

Rank Score:

5,738

Rank in 2017:

Rank in 2010s:

Overall Rank:

347

Average Rating:

81 (622 votes)

Comments:

45.

Flower Boy

Tyler, The Creator

Year of Release:

2017

Appears in:

436 charts

Rank Score:

5,326

Rank in 2017:

Rank in 2010s:

Overall Rank:

367

Average Rating:

84 (623 votes)

Comments:

64.

A Deeper Understanding

The War On Drugs

Year of Release:

2017

Appears in:

443 charts

Rank Score:

4,030

Rank in 2017:

Rank in 2010s:

Overall Rank:

481

Average Rating:

81 (502 votes)

Comments:

81.

A Crow Looked At Me

Mount Eerie

Year of Release:

2017

Appears in:

360 charts

Rank Score:

3,235

Rank in 2017:

Rank in 2010s:

Overall Rank:

595

Average Rating:

79 (513 votes)

Comments:

90.

Slowdive

Year of Release:

2017

Appears in:

398 charts

Rank Score:

3,083

Rank in 2017:

Rank in 2010s:

Overall Rank:

623

Average Rating:

80 (502 votes)

Comments:

92.

Pure Comedy

Father John Misty

Year of Release:

2017

Appears in:

332 charts

Rank Score:

2,982

Rank in 2017:

Rank in 2010s:

Overall Rank:

637

Average Rating:

77 (528 votes)

Comments:

95.

Sleep Well Beast

The National

Year of Release:

2017

Appears in:

373 charts

Rank Score:

2,791

Rank in 2017:

Rank in 2010s:

Overall Rank:

680

Average Rating:

80 (467 votes)

Comments:

99.

American Dream

LCD Soundsystem

Year of Release:

2017

Appears in:

406 charts

Rank Score:

2,669

Rank in 2017:

Rank in 2010s:

Overall Rank:

714

Average Rating:

78 (522 votes)

Comments:

106.

Saturation III

Brockhampton

Year of Release:

2017

Appears in:

213 charts

Rank Score:

2,493

Rank in 2017:

Rank in 2010s:

106

Overall Rank:

760

Average Rating:

83 (365 votes)

Comments:

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Best Albums of the 2010s composition

Year	Albums	%

2010	107	11%
2011	140	14%
2012	111	11%
2013	127	13%
2014	104	10%
2015	103	10%
2016	74	7%
2017	102	10%
2018	77	8%
2019	55	6%

Artist	Albums	%

Death Grips	10	1%
King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard	8	1%
Lana Del Rey	6	1%
Kendrick Lamar	5	1%
Car Seat Headrest	5	1%
Julia Holter	5	1%
Brockhampton	5	1%
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Country	Albums	%

	570	57%
	215	22%
	66	7%
	35	4%
	25	3%
	17	2%
	11	1%
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Compilation?	Albums	%
No	991	99%
Yes	9	1%

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